Handbook of Organization Measurement
Congregational Vitality
construct.congregational_vitality
§2The established instruments
What the field already uses — named and cited, not reproduced (item wording is copyrighted and withheld pending clearance).
- US Congregational Vitality Survey (USCVS) — Presbyterian Church (USA) Research Services
- Faith Communities Today (FACT) Survey — Hartford Institute for Religion Research
- Congregational Assessment Tool (CAT) — Holy Cow Consulting (Crabtree)
- Natural Church Development Survey (NCD) — Schwarz
§3The math on what we know
Synthesized priors from the live registry: pooled r, studies (k), total N, top study grade, and heterogeneity. Rows flagged for heterogeneity or single-study evidence are directional, not settled — read them as a central tendency.